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[pchang]

Maybe the functions could be moved over to one of the free services like Facebook.

[KrazyHorse]

what are the actual costs associated with the site?

[Hauldren Collider]

Everyone could move to counterglow...?

[self biased]

Everyone could move to counterglow...?

there's just a bunch of gay ***** over there. not exactly compelling.

[Wiglaf]

I can't understand Plomp's broken English but it sure sounds like he now thinks paying me $5 a post ($25/thank) isn't a sound business decision. Maybe he is even thinking about reneging, well I have one word for him CONTRACT. And it doesn't expire until 2016 so if you want to litigate this, let's dance you goddamned Neanderthal.

[Alexander's Horse]

another nail in the coffin of the site.

[Wiglaf]

Thanks, that cash will go to a more worthy cause (buying a young relative a gift card or hand cannon most likely)

[Alexander's Horse]

pay the man Robert

[Aeson]

I run my own websites for a living, the most active of which is a gaming website that has ~14k daily unique visitors. It runs on a VPS that I manage myself. I've built it from scratch in the last 6 months, including the parsing of game data, display, and other functionality that allows me to often beat the game's related wikia (with hundreds or thousands of contributors and a rather large, active, and technically proficient management team) in being first to publish new info about the game. While I'm still learning a lot ... I understand both the promotion and technical side of things, as well as what else is required to build a gaming community.

What it requires is a lot of time and hard work. I'm no longer a single guy living with no responsibilities, so couldn't devote that time and hard work without ownership and profit potential. I think Apolyton can be an elite gaming site. I think it can be profitable as well. I would be willing to take on the risk and responsibility to make it so in both regards.

I think I have a pretty good track record in regards to on-topic content and events both from a management and participant standpoint. I ran the Civ III HOF at CivFanatics and was a main contributor to the management of the CivFanatics GOTM during the Civ III years. In both cases I helped to turn them from hand generated lists into dynamic database driven ones. (Even though I was a complete noob ... those were my very first PHP/MySQL projects.) In both cases I was one of the more prolific contributors to the discussions around those events. Also I was one of the more active contributors tot he on-topic here at Apolyton at the same time. One of the few posters who had significant roles on both sites.

I was on the Civ IV playtesting group for ~2 years, and one of the more active contributors to that project. I was also approached by Trip about having a role in Civ V. (I don't know what role, because I had to decline.)

I understand that things in the OT and my own posting would have to change. I wasn't always cuddly in on-topic, but certainly more respectful and constructive than in the OT. The OT would need some rules to keep it from negatively affecting the rest of the site, but could remain mostly how it is. I would return to my on-topic days, and necessarily wouldn't have time to do much arguing in the OT. No grudges on my part of course. So, if you want me gone from the OT (in my current incarnation), you should support my bid for ownership.

[Fake Boris]

How much would it cost to permaben Kenobi?

[Alexander's Horse]

Impressive but then we would have to be nice to you Aeson

[Aeson]

No need for anything crazy like that. I would however perma-ban anyone who tries to kiss my ass.

[Alexander's Horse]

so Ben is gone then

[Ben Kenobi]

He said, "kiss" not "kick".

[kentonio]

So, if you want me gone from the OT (in my current incarnation), you should support my bid for ownership.

I for one welcome our new Filipino women trafficking overlord.